- Argued March 18, 2008
Decided June 26, 2008 - 554 U.S. 570
- landmark case from the Supreme Court of the United States
- held that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia
- Supreme Court affirmed by a vote of 5 to 4
- Heller had approached the National Rifle Association about a lawsuit to overturn the D.C. gun ban, but they declined
Tag Archives: Handgun
Brady Bill (1994)
- Brady Bill (1994) expired in 1998)
- went into effect on February 28, 1994
- named after James Brady, who was shot during an attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981
- mandated National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
- enacted June 19, 1968
- Pub.L. 90–351, 82 Stat. 197
- codified at 34 U.S.C. § 10101
- legislation passed by the Congress of the United States
- signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson
- prohibited interstate trade in handguns
- Increased the minimum age to 21 for buying handguns
- established the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA)
- set rules for obtaining wiretap orders in the United States